California State University, Sacramento, A.B., 1957
Law School Attended:
Lincoln University, J.D., 1976
Year of First Admission:
1977
Admission:
1977, California
ISLN:
903954745
Areas of Practice (7)
Personal Injury
Civil Litigation
Insurance Law
Real Estate
Contracts
Criminal Law
Family
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Karl claims to have 4 offices, however, he really works from his home and has no staff. Before taking my case he did not have a working fax machine and uses a local Kinko's for all of his copy needs....
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Karl claims to have 4 offices, however, he really works from his home and has no staff. Before taking my case he did not have a working fax machine and uses a local Kinko's for all of his copy needs....
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